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Portrait of Basho
Portrait of Basho
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Portrait of Basho

Artist/Culture (Japanese)
Datelate 18th–early 19th century
Mediumink on silk
Dimensions163 x 31.4 cm (64 3/16 x 12 3/8 in.)
image: 78.5 x 29.4 cm (30 7/8 x 11 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineStoddard Acquisition Fund
Object number2006.439
DescriptionCalligraphy and painting
On View
Not on view
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Portrait of Basho
Kaitei Matsuo
late 18th - 19th century
Juggler
Juggler
Matsuo Gaitei
late 18th century
Calligraphy
Calligraphy
Matsuo Basho
1644–1694
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Portrait of Basho
Segawa Rojo
early 20th century
Plum Blossom Branches
Plum Blossom Branches
Ozaki Koyo
late 19th century
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Dancer with Fan
Nonoguchi (Hinaya) Ryuho
1650s–1660s
Water-bird Standing in Water
Water-bird Standing in Water
Kano, Eishuku
late 17th century–early 18th century
Fujiwara no Yasumasa Playing the Flute by Moonlight (Fujiwara no Yasumasa gekka roteki zu)
Fujiwara no Yasumasa Playing the Flute by Moonlight (Fujiwara no Yasumasa gekka roteki zu)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡 芳年
late autumn, 1882
Eagle
Eagle
Feng Yichu
about 1675 to about 1740
Ancient Shores and Distant Peaks
Ancient Shores and Distant Peaks
Ike Taiga
About 1770
Main Image
Ming Huang and Yang Gueifei Listening to Music
Chinese
early Ming Dynasty (1368–1400)
Pair of two-fold screens: Haiga-style Illustrations of Famous Poets, Samurai and Women and Classic Haikai Verses Celebrating the Four Seasons Composed by Basho and his Students Kikaku, Ransetsu and Kooku
Pair of two-fold screens: Haiga-style Illustrations of Famous Poets, Samurai and Women and Classic Haikai Verses Celebrating the Four Seasons Composed by Basho and his Students Kikaku, Ransetsu and Kooku
Matsumura Gekkei
1783, autumn 7th month